The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 9, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:32 PM
4:14 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 593
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 37.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.31° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.52° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.